Wednesday letters: Shakespeare, safe banks, Aldi's

Tina Benko, left, portrays Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, and Gregg Henry, center left, portrays Julius Caesar during a dress rehearsal of The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of "Julius Caesar" in New York. (Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP)

Photo: Joan Marcus, HONS

A Trumpian Julius Caesar

Regarding "This theater didn't come to praise him: Sponsors pull out over Trump 'discourse'" (Page B2, Tuesday), I would only ask one question to the sponsors of "Julius Caesar" and its production company, The Public Theater: Would you support this work with Barrack Obama being knifed to death onstage? How ironic that the theater claims "this discourse is the basis of a healthy democracy" when liberal colleges across the country are shutting down any conversation that is in disagreement with their beliefs. It is a sad day in our country when there are those who cannot see these inconsistencies.

Carole Paul Vesely, Houston

Texas legend

Regarding "Armed demonstrators defend park monument" (Page A3, Sunday), I would laugh were it not so sad that a bunch of protesters showed up in defense of the Sam Houston statute in Hermann Park due to a fake Facebook post.

But if it's on the internet it must be true, right? And waving Confederate flags is further proof of their lack of knowledge about Texas history. Sam Houston sacrificed his political career in Texas by refusing to join the Confederacy.

David Kelly, Spring

Human rights abuses

Regarding "Cleric's remarks on female 'hypersexuality' spur imam to resign" (Page A6, Saturday), since the Muslim cleric has stated that female genital mutilation should be done in order to prevent female hypersexuality, I propose that every male who becomes involved in this practice be castrated. This will deter their hypersexuality and, in the process, reduce the number of those pushing this practice.

Gerry Etheredge, Huntsville

Securing safe banks

Regarding "House to pass rollback of banking laws" (Page A6, June 8), one way or another, where we deposit our money must be safe - for my stability and for that of the country. It is not an investment for speculation, so banks must not speculate with it either, but be reasonably conservative.

Banks do not have to make vast profits in order to compete for customers but show security, wisdom, discretion and stability in order to keep customers' deposits. Profits are for shareholders, not customers. But then, investments in the bank must also be safe. As part of this safety, the government insures the deposits. However, if the bank can gamble with your money deposited or invested and be insured against losses, they cannot lose. Gamble and win is a win: gamble and lose, and be paid out by the government, is also a win.

Why should my tax dollars be spent on insuring gamblers? Insure the banks for fiscally sound business only, not for speculative business that is cheating and prone to over-indulgence. It will happen again if the banking laws are rolled back.

Paul Metcalf, Richmond

German ambitions

Regarding "Aldi's ambitions go nationwide" (Page B1, Tuesday), in addition to a European-style model of small-scale, no-frills locations and a German-style efficiency, our Aldi store has a definitive, observable and spontaneous culture. It begins in the parking lot where grocery carts are often swapped for the 25-cent deposit in a spontaneous act of cooperation.

It continues in the store with an atmosphere that reflects courtesy and friendliness on the part of other customers as well as the Aldi employees. It is often demonstrated in the check-out line when some people will step aside for those with only a few items to purchase.

An interesting dimension was added to the clientele demography the other day when I observed a man putting his groceries into his Jaguar and driving off.